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Italians for making tomato paste. The fruits are pear 
shaped. The vine is very vigorous and quite produc- 
tive." (D. N. Shoemaker.) 
Introduced for the use of specialists in tomato 
breeding. 
Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae) , 55503. Tomato. 
From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Seeds presented by D.S. 
Bullock, agricultural commissioner, Bureau of Markets 
atnd Crop Estimates, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
"Perf eccion. " Introduced for the use of specialists 
of this Bureau who are engaged in tomato breeding ex- 
periments . 
Millettia megasperma (Fabaceae ), 55565 . From Abergel- 
die, New South Wales. Seeds presented by Hugh Dixson, 
Summer Hill. "This plant is quite unlike Chinese or 
Japanese varieties of wisteria. It has dark-green 
foliage, and is a rank grower when established,- mine 
is growing over a park railing 90 feet long, 4 feet 
wide, and 5 feet high, and -has to be kept within bounds 
on width and height, It is not particular as to soil, 
but I would not advise a heavy clay. The plant stands 
8° to 10° of frost without injury. The flowers are 
darker purple than those of the Chinese variety , sweet 
scented, and are borne in dense panicles. It is a very 
shy seeder, with seldom more than one seed in a pod, 
but it strikes root freely when layered and also from 
cuttings. The root of a layer afterwards potted had 
the largest number of nodules I have ever seen on any 
leguminous plant. ... It is an exceedingly rare plant 
simply because it is not known." (Dixson.) 
Nageia nagi (Taxaceae), 55477. From Okitsu, . Shiz- 
hokaken, Japan. Seeds presented by T. Onda, director, 
Government Horticultural Experiment Station. An ever- 
green subtropical tree 30 to 60 feet high, with very 
narrow, bluish green sharp-pointed leaves about 3 
inches long and arranged in two rows on the branches. 
The fruit is a small, fleshy, purplish black drupe 
which emits a balsamlike fragrance when cut. In 
Japan, where this tree is native, the white, fine- 
grained wood is. .used for furniture and general build- 
ing. Propagation is easily carried on by seeds, of 
which the tree produces an abundance. (Adapted from 
Useful Plants of Japan, Agricultural Society, Tokio, 
p. 145, and from Revue Horticole, vol. 86, p. 77.) 
